STATE OF MINNESOTA TWELFTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-SIXTH SESSION
BIOSCIENCE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
POLICY AND OVERSIGHT DIVISION
MINUTES
Representative Mahoney, Chair of the Bioscience and Workforce Development Policy and Oversight Division called the twelfth meeting to order at 10:35 A.M. on February 18, 2009 in Room 200 of the State Office Building.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
Mahoney, Chair
Obermueller, Vice Chair
Anderson, B
Beard
Brynaert
Gottwalt
Haws
Hilty
Mack
Norton
Peppin
Poppe
Slocum
Winkler
A quorum was present.
Representative Hilty moved HF680 be recommended to pass and be returned to the Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy.
Representative Hilty moved to amend HF680 as follows: See attachment A identified as
H0680A3. AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Kalin presented HF680 a bill
relating to energy; providing direction for the use of federal stimulus funding for energy programs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 216B
Testifying on HF680 were:
Bill Glahn, Director, Office of Energy Security
Lester Shen, Center for Energy and Environment
Valerie Dosland , MN Community Action Partnership
Gail O’Kane, MnSCU
Chair Mahoney laid over HF680.
Representative Norton moved approval of the Minutes from the February 17, 2009 meeting.
MOTION PREVAILED AND MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
The Committee was adjourned at 11:55 A.M.
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Representative Tim Mahoney, Chair
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Dianne Ruppert, Committee Legislative Assistant